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What % of the time your system is active is spent in critical listening by which I mean concentrating on the music to the exclusion of everything else, eyes open or shut - whatever.
With me it's about 100%. If the system is on, I want to listen to what's being spun. If I want music as wallpaper I'll use the portable.

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monya wrote:

What % of the time your system is active is spent in critical listening by which I mean concentrating on the music to the exclusion of everything else, eyes open or shut - whatever.
With me it's about 100%. If the system is on, I want to listen to what's being spun. If I want music as wallpaper I'll use the portable.

Ditto for me. I'm either listening carefully, or I don't bother. Background music is for lifts.

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I voted 25-50%, but the truth is, I just don't know. I mean, I don't see that much difference in listening with my eyes closed or while cooking, for example. Even with my eyes closed I'm distracted by my thoughts quite a lot. On the other hand, I found myself listening very closely to music while I'm cooking, because I'm very relaxed when I do that and most of my brain watches so I don't chop my fingers off, so no distracting thoughts there. Granted, no sweetspot or any of that audiophile stuff, but somehow I don't quite miss it, sometimes. Must mean I concentrate on music, huh?

I don't have a portable, nor do I have a second system. I have an open plan ground floor, so I can listen to my system very well while I faff about. I enjoy the technicalities as much as the next person, but at the end of the day it's music I want to hear, it's making me sing that I want it to do and if in the process I happen to be amazed by the sound of the drum or the cymbals, or whatever, then it's even better. But primarily, I want music to make get in touch with my feelings, not make me analyse it. Not sure it makes any sense, but that's how I feel about it.

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I'm not quite set-up for critical listening as I'm in the middle of getting rid of a noisy laptop for a quiter desktop effort, although as above I find I don't miss out on much when not 100% listening critically, but I voted less than 25% for the sake of accuracy. I listen mainly whilst browsing the net, but it's deffo not just background lift music. shock horror, man capable of multi tasking!

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Alexxus wrote:

I voted 25-50%, but the truth is, I just don't know. I mean, I don't see that much difference in listening with my eyes closed or while cooking, for example. Even with my eyes closed I'm distracted by my thoughts quite a lot. On the other hand, I found myself listening very closely to music while I'm cooking, because I'm very relaxed when I do that and most of my brain watches so I don't chop my fingers off, so no distracting thoughts there. Granted, no sweetspot or any of that audiophile stuff, but somehow I don't quite miss it, sometimes. Must mean I concentrate on music, huh?

I don't have a portable, nor do I have a second system. I have an open plan ground floor, so I can listen to my system very well while I faff about. I enjoy the technicalities as much as the next person, but at the end of the day it's music I want to hear, it's making me sing that I want it to do and if in the process I happen to be amazed by the sound of the drum or the cymbals, or whatever, then it's even better. But primarily, I want music to make get in touch with my feelings, not make me analyse it. Not sure it makes any sense, but that's how I feel about it.

A well balanced approach. You'r not as nuts as the rest of us er - me, I mean!

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SergeAuckland wrote:

I'm either listening carefully, or I don't bother. Background music is for lifts.

S.

Agreed!

Music demands to be listened to and should provoke a reaction.

I'm sure we all have other hobbies too but there is only one that you can focus on completely at any given time. I've always been into music then hifi, cycling ,rugby,most sports actually,bikes, old cars and women. or is that cars and old women?

It is impossible to devote yourself to them all.

Each one that is a passion will get your love and full attention periodically. A passion is a passion and by it's very nature, the word means briefly.

The female of the species claim they can multi-task. Multitasking means that you are not doing any one job to the best of your abilities. They do not seem to understand this.

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XJC wrote:

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Multitasking is the epitome of passionless.

X.

Are you having a windup? Or are you incapable intellectually of doing more than one thing at a time? and understanding what you are doing, feeling, and ultimately experiencing because I am and so are many others. Now I'll spin this around, anyone who has to focus totally on the music above all else is intellectually challenged

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Bit hard,critical listening this morning [Hawkwind live last night!]
Back on the vinyl at the mo',so there has been a fair bit of critical musing over the last week or so,probably more so when summit new is added into the system,in my case a fairly well specced LP12.
Would say I am in the 50-75% area most of the time though.